Christmas socials are probably the most anticipated event for students on the academic calendar but this year the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted that traditional end-of-year celebration, until a teacher of St. Thomas Moore Primary School decided to take the party home to her students.
As tradition has it, goodies and presents are delivered to children by Santa Claus, but with an impossibly busy schedule, June Herod, a grade 1 teacher at the D’Urban Street school, stepped in and decided she would not allow COVID-19 to affect her students’ Christmas celebrations.
Decked out in her Mrs Claus attire and accompanied by her 18-month-old nephew in his Santa Claus outfit, they distributed gifts to her students, who reside in proximity to the school.